Masculine Inspiration with Donna

Hello everyone, Donna here today and I am going to share a layout I did of my son's school picture. I was so impressed with the colors in the new Be Bold line from Quick Quotes.

I always wanted some paper that were primary colors that really pop. You can just buy the whole Be Bold collection which also includes an awesome mini, just like the one I made earlier this month! The gears I cut with my Cricut from paper in the 6x6 pad and then backed everything with black cardstock, which really makes the color pop even more. I hope you enjoy this line as much as I did!

Products Used:
Quick Quotes Be Bold 100
Quick Quotes Be Bold 300
Quick Quotes Be Bold 400
Quick Quotes Be Bold 6x6 paper pad
Quick Quotes Be Bold stickers
Black Cardstock
Black Brads
American Craft Foam Thickers

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit us here at Quick Quotes today! 
~Donna

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Cards Inspiration with Lynn

Good Morning Everyone! It's Lynn today, and I'm sharing a card I made .
When I saw Katie's Friday Challenge "beautiful birthdays", I knew I wanted to play along. I have a friends birthday coming up and she loves vintage, so I knew that the Cracklin' Rose was the perfect collection to use for her card.

For the card I used the patterned paper from the Cracklin Rose 6x6 Paper Stack. I love the tiny prints and the smaller quotes that come in this pad. I've almost used up the whole entire stack! I made the flowers using a punch and patterned paper, then chalked the edges with the Mocha Mama PowderPuff Chalking Ink . For the cream flower, I dusted the edges with the Bloody Mary PowderPuff Chalking Ink . I was on a roll with the punches so made two borders using the Paper Stack. I can't wait to see what everyone does for Katie's challenge.

Quick Quotes Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Cracklin' Rose 400, 6x6 Paper Stack
PowderPuff Chalking Ink: Mocha Mama, Bloody Mary

Other Supplies: Wilton Doily, Prima Flower

 

Hope your all having a wonderful day!!

Lynn

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Mini May-nia with Dana

Hello and Happy Friday to you!

Dana here with you today sharing how I altered the Time 6"x8" Wire Bound Book for the Mini May-nia feature this month. The embossed cover and kraft patterned pages of this mini album are absolutely gorgeous.

I highlighted several of the printed designs with simple embellishments like glitter, ribbon, glaze and Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalking Ink. I kept my page design clean and simple to let the beauty if the pages shine. Each double page set features a family wedding photo on one side and journaling on the other.

The cover of this book features a wonderful embossed script and timepiece design and a Patsy Gaut quote that reads "Add a smile to your day and hours melt into minutes." I highlighted the embossed design and the edges of the cover with Amaretto PowderPuff Chalking Ink.

I added color to this page with Amaretto PowderPuff Chalking Ink and a water brush.

Simply swipe the water brush across the ink pad and paint the color onto the page.  With 24 colors of PowderPuff Chalking Ink to chose from, adding that perfect shade of color to your projects is easy! The high quality cardstock pages of this album hold up well to water!

The Babies-Kids-Family Itty Bitty Vellum Box Set contains 50 ready to use poems and quotes that will touch your heart and make you smile. This beautiful verse is so perfect for wedding photos and is just as relevant now as it was in 1925!

I added glaze to the timepiece designs on this page to add a subtle shine.

A simple bow and another vellum quote from the Babies-Kids-Family Itty Bitty Vellum Box Set was all I needed to finish this page.

I added glitter glue to the pattern on this page for a fabulous sparkle.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  If you love this album and want some more inspiration, click over to Lynn's Mini May-nia post, for her take on this book.

Quick Quotes Supplies:
Time 6"x8" Wire Bound Book
Babies-Kids-Family Itty Bitty Vellum Box Set
Amaretto PowderPuff Chalking Ink

~Dana

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May Club Q with Kate

Happy Wednesday Quick Quotes Fans!  Kate here today. My goal today is to add a bit of bright color and summer fun to your day!

When I got my May Club Q package, I got right to scrapping.  I couldn't help it with all the fun papers and embellishment in each kit!  Starting with one of the two double page layout kits in the Page Layout Kits, I created two beach themed layouts and one fun card.

My first layout is "Fall Beach Day."  If you look closely there are beautiful fall leaves on the trees in the background. I used the brightly colored papers in the kit to build this layout.  To create the title spot, I trimmed down the vellum beach transparency and swiped the backside of it with some Powder Puff Chalking Ink in Coconut. Then I adhered the altered vellum to the striped paper.

This kit is full of fantastic laser die cuts, too!  I left the wave die cut unfinished, but I added color to the starfish and sea shell die cuts with Powder Puff Chalking Inks in Lemonade and Biscotti.

"Summer Days" is my second layout with this Club Q kit. I used the transparency to accent the photo of my lovely Lily on the beach and as the title for this summer layout.  Creating a block design made it easy to incorporate the word strips and spots.

The fun scalloped border was created by snipping the plastic circle embellisments in half.  

There was lots of paper and embellishments left over when I was done with my two beach layouts, so I kept on creating.  The fun glasses die cuts in the kit inspired me to make this card.  I just love the yellow/teal color combo!  The sentiment was stamped on some of the leftover paper with Quick Quotes Powder Puff Chalking Ink in Maraschino Cherry. 

Quick Quotes Supplies:

May Club Q

Powder Puff Chalking Ink - Coconut White, Lemonade, Biscotti, Marischino Cherry

Other Supplies:

JilliBean Soup - Alphas

We R Memory Keepers - Corner Rounder

October Afternoon - Buttons

The Twinery - Twine

Paper Trey Ink - Cardstock

Memory Makers - Alpha Stamps

Memory Box - Alpha Die

Helmar - Craft Glue & ZapDots

I hope I made your day a bit brighter!  Thanks so much for stopping on over today!

~ Kate

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May Club Q with Rhonda

Happy Wednesday crafty friends!  Rhonda here today to host the blog for you.

Today I have a page to share with you that I created using pieces from the May Club Q - Page Layouts Kit.  The colors in these kits are so vibrant and totally fun!

The ticket shapes and sentiments were perfect for these photos that I took of our youngest one silly morning.  He was hamming it up for the camera and I thought it would be great to do a collage of his many faces. It's a nice way to tell a silly story sometimes with either a photo strip or a collage.

"4's so Fun!"

I embossed one of my layers and sanded the number 4 for focus.

Tips:

1. Do you like the three little chevron arrows?  I took a scrap piece of my chevron pattern paper that was about 1" wide and trimmed three of them.  Don't get too fussy about cutting them perfectly, part of the charm is that they are handmade.  
2. The "fishtail" layers were all hand cut to a shallow inverted point as well.
3. I used our Coconut white PowderPuff Chalk Ink around the darker blue "fishtail" layer and the base background blue card stock. 
4. The slight touch of Coal Miner PowderPuff Chalk Ink on my mini card really helps the shape pop.

The ticket shapes, scalloped red border and pretty photo corner are just some of the die cuts included in the kit.  They make designing your pages so quick and easy!

Ingredients Used:
May Club Q Kit - Quick Quotes
PowderPuff Chalk Ink:  Red Hot, Coal Miner, Baja Blue, Coconut

Other Ingredients:  
Tin Pin - October Afternoon, Red Arrow and Blue Fishtail by K and Company, Enamel Dots - MME, Number Collage Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug, Mini Alpha - MLS, Tab Punch  - Stampin Up,  Sizzix Big Shot, Sewing Machine and Thread.

Thanks so much for stopping on over to visit the blog with us today!
~ Rhonda

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May Club Q with Wendy

Hi everyone! Wendy here and today I've created a Birthday Banner using the new Quick Quotes May Club Q kit. I absolutely love the mix of papers and embellishments in this month's kit. 

This month's kit comes with an adorable lemon mini album. Instead of creating an album, I decided to use the chipboard pieces to create a banner for a summer Birthday celebration.

I painted the chipboard pieces with white paint and them embossed them with yellow embossing powder. I glued vellum lemon centers and added a ribbon.

One of the chipboard album covers was also painted and covered with yellow embossing powder. The diecut sentiment and tag all can be found in the kit.

I tied twine around the red plastic slide holders that come in the kit and placed them in between the lemons. For a bit of decoration, I decorated them with some handmade flowers made from the die cuts and pearls in the kit.

Just a reminder, this month's challenge is Beautiful Birthdays! We can't wait to see what you create!

Quick Quotes Supplies:
Club Q Kit
Powderpuff Chalk Ink:  Lemonade and Coconut

Thanks so much for popping in today for a visit!
~ Wendy

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May Club Q with Dana

Hi Quick Quotes fans! 

Dana here today sharing a bright and fun layout that I created with one of the double-page layout kits from the May Club Q Kit. 

I love the classic red and blue color palette of the patterned papers in this kit! I used the bold yellow B-side of one of the patterned papers for my page to help brighten things up a bit and also used the B-sides of several of the die-cuts to add a fun pop of green.

I had a lot of fun cutting up and arranging the printed designs for my page. I even cut a portion of the color picture directions (neutral vertical striped decorative edge patterned paper) for use on my layout!

Because I combined the supplies for a double-page layout into a single-page design, I had enough supplies left over to create this fun card!

Quick Quotes Supplies:

May Club Q Page Kit (Option A)

Blue Hawaiian PowderPuff Chalking Ink

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

~Dana

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Cards Inspiration with Donna

What better way to honor your mother than making a personal card for her on Mother's Day.

Today I made this card using Quick Quotes Dusty Road 6x6 paper pad and the Quick Quotes Birthday Bag O' Chipboard. I used the large present from the chipboard pack and covered it with the plaid paper and striped paper for the bow. Using a craft knife I cut out the squares then I started decorating each square.

Products used:
Quick Quotes Dusty Road 6x6 Paper Pad'
Quick Quotes Birthday Bag O' Chips
Quotes Bundle - Family
Pearls leftover from April Club Q
Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk Ink - Very Berry

Other: Flowers, ribbon, heart chipboard and butterfly

 

I want to wish a very "Happy Mother's Day!" to all those Moms out there and thank you for visiting Quick Quotes!  
~ Donna

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Mini May-nia with Barb!

Happy Friday to you!  Barb here today with some more Mini May-nia!

Quick Quotes has released some fabulous new products and one of my favorites are these wonderful mini albums! Some of the collections have the mini albums that match directly with the line and Be Bold is one of them!

The cover is already so beautiful! All I did was add a little ribbon. 

 

Quick Quotes mini albums have these beautiful pages inside. The paper coordinates with the Be Bold line and since they already look amazing, I really didn't have to do much decorating myself! 

The Sentiment and Journal spot were both cut from the Be Bold 6x6 Paper Stack. These were the perfect embellishment to many of my pages!

I wanted you to see the page before I added my photos. It's bright and colorful! Perfect for vacation photos. 

And here is the page after the photos and a few embellishments! 

 

The coordinating Be Bold Stickers also work great in the album!

 

The darling little banner was cut from the paper in the 6x6 paper stack. The smaller print worked great for the small embellishment. 

I used foam adhesive behind the "Paradise Found" card. It added some dimension to the layering of the elements.

I loved the surfboard embellishments on the sentiment cards.

The surfboards were fussy cut from 12x12 Be Bold. I tucked them into my "waves" to add to the surfer feel of the page. The edges of the waves were inked with Tahiti PowderPuff Chalking Ink.

My daughter celebrated her birthday while we were in Maui. I love that this line worked perfectly for my surfer dude and for a sweet birthday celebration for my baby girl. 

I layered a banner made from a sheet of the 6x6 paper stack along with ribbon.  I added some baker's twine and a few flowers to finish it off.

I had so much fun creating this album, it inspired me to create a video, too! This video highlights all the great features of this mini album!

Quick Quotes Supplies Used:

Be Bold Mini Album

Patterned Paper: Be Bold 200, 300, 700

Be Bold 6x6 Paper Stack

Be Bold Stickers

PowderPuff Chalking Ink: Coconut, Red Hot, Coal Miner, Tahati

Other Supplies Used:
Craftwork Cards CANDi
Templates: Kiwi Lane Designs
Ribbon
Flowers: Michaels, Petaloo
Bakers Twine: We R Memory Keepers
Brads
Alphas
Punch: Fiskars

Have a fabulous weekend! 
~ Barb

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Mother's Day Card Inspiration + Winners

Happy Thursday to you!  Rhonda here today to share some Mother's Day inspiration.

I created a card featuring the Cracklin' Rose collection and one of the sentiments from our Quotes Bundle - Holidays.  If you haven't taken a look at the Quotes Bundles, you really should, they are perfect for scrapbooking but especially card making.

I chose the color vellum "Mother's Day" quote, trimmed it and used my corner rounder. I then added a bit of Biscotti PowderPuff Chalk Ink to the edges.

I love the elegant pattern in these papers and used some complimenting dies to accent it.

Some small teal scraps from April's Club Q make the leaves pop.

This card was completely inspired by the current Cardabilities sketch.  I thought it was such a great look -- what do you think?  I decided to use some of my flowers for the circles.  Thank you so much for the inspiration!

Ingredients:

Cracklin' Rose

Quotes Bundle - Holiday

PowderPuff Chalk Inks:  Java. Biscotti and Bloody Mary

April Club Q (Teal paper, Pearls and Brad)

Red Sheer Ribbon

Other:

Mini Flourish and Fishtail Dies - MFT

Flourish Leaf Strip - Cheery Lynn

Chesapeake Circle Die - Memory Box

Mini Butterfly Punch - EK Success

Diamond Stickles - Ranger

Kraft Card Stock

Corner Rounder

There's still some time to make that special person in your life something handmade to show how much you care.

Have a super day!

~ Rhonda

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National Scrapbooking Day Giveaway Winners!

That's right, we have two lucky Kiwi Lane Designs/Quick Quotes winners
via Randomizer.org:

 Crafty Aunt Dee said...

Love your mini of the state fair. Your love of scrapbooking shows in this book with all the wonderful colors and shapes and how you used the papers, the templates and die cuts. Every recipient of papers crafts such as this mini knows that they are special and loved and future generations will know how we lived, loved and laughed. I love leaving something from the past for the future.

May 6, 2013 at 9:24 PM

 

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 Liz said...

There is just a feeling of satisfaction when I'm done with the page. Sometimes it's a card, a bag, but nonetheless it's just a happy heart. It really is therapuetic for me. It totally relaxes me and I just enjoy the hobby.

May 6, 2013 at 10:50 AM

 

Congratulations and thank you for sharing your love of paper crafting with us!!!

Please email rhonda.quickquotes@gmail.com within 7 days to claim your prize.

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*QQ Prize Disclaimer: Prize contest open to US residents only.  If you live outside the US and want to play,

you would be responsible for any shipping costs for prizes won. 

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